Aprilia Riders

[lacrimosae]

Sorrie4u,

 

I tune my own bike, hence managed to squeeze out good fuel consumption from a 10 year old, leaky engine. Haha... my COE expires in 4 months.

 

I am using a 35mm carb, 150 main jet.

 

Good luck if you wanna bring it to a mechanic to tune it for you. One thing is guaranteed - You will pay for tuning, but F/C wont improve much. You wanna get good F/C? Do It Yourself.

 

I've managed to squeeze 33km/L out of an FS-plate RS125 before. And it was even maxed out on the racetrack, with no seizures. Find yourself a mech who can do that, and I will eat my own words.

 

Jets costs $6 apiece. I took about 1 year to fiddle around and tune my bike. Changing jets almost every 2-3 days can be a pain, cos u have to open the carb and change the jets inside. But it all pays off.

 

The choke RICHENS the A/F mixture. It is used in cold countries to richen the mixture to protect the engine on startup.

 

Chain slack could be caused by temperature differences.

 

Sorrie4u, not that pple don't wanna teach newbies like you. But teach also no use. You are not interested to learn. I posted so many posts a few pages back. And here I am repeating it all over again. As a copywriter I get paid to write. If i charged for my posts, I'd be making $1k per post. Go read it, don't understand, come for DIY and ask me to my face.

 

Edward,

 

It's basic courtesy to inform the pple u made an appointment with in advance that you are unable to turn up. Just FYI.

 

donhxw,

 

Reliable mechs are few and far between. Most mechs in SG are uneducated and dont know what they are talking about. Lean/rich, carb settings, etc they can look convincing, but I've talked to many many mechs, even those claimed to be good, they dont quite know what they're talking about. Doing something for a long time does not make you a pro. You can do doing it for 30yrs, but doing it wrongly for 30yrs, and just getting by. Like running all carburetion 'rich' to play it safe. No seisures, yet, but poor F/C.

 

Buy a tuning manual off Amazon, study it, and do your own tuning. You'll appreciate your bike and its engineering considerations more than if you just pay someone to fiddle with it.

 

seraph,

 

I am not the master. I also learnt it from other masters. Their names are Hanes, Eric Gorr, and the Motorcycle Carburetor Tuning Manual.

 

d3rRiCk,

 

You are correct that you shouldnt blip your throttle before switching off your engine. Those who want to destroy your engine sooner, please continue this bad habit.

 

If you want your engine to start up immediately, you can also try this:

1) Kill Switch "ON"

2) Hold the starter (ignition button) for 2-3 cranks

3) Kill Switch "OFF"

4) Start

 

Cranking the engine without the sparking draws fresh fuel into the chamber. Don't crank for too long as it will flood the chamber if your mixture is rich. If you don't tune your carb yourself, and always take it to a mechanic to do tuning, chances are, your air/fuel mixture is RICH. I will bet my last dollar of my next paycheck on that.

 

Once there is a fresh charge in the engine, it should start cleanly on the first spark.

[lacrimosae]

DIY Session (Last DIY for 2007)

 

Date: 16 December 2007 Sunday

Time: 11am

Address: Blk 21 Joo Seng Road

Fee: $50 for newbies, FOC for regulars (lol)

 

Those who have been coming for DIY, no charge ah. hahahaha

 

Be there or be square (and foolishly shell out for a mech who doesnt know jack schit to service your bike when u can do it better yourself)!

 

Derrick, please get a bottle of Maxima Cool-aid and a bottle of distilled water (neutral pH water) and I will help you with the flushing of the coolant.

 

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[kurarensu]

kura,

you scraped your bike ah?

got iu ? cos i think mine spoilt.

mine got the red light and its not reading my card.

 

sorry bro, iu badly crashed as well.. the glass shatter, etc =)

[d3rRiCk]

will be there brother ! haha. thanks in advance for the help !

[rumpshaker_23]

what is covered durin da DIY session? Tunin? Carb cleanin?

[quikslvr]

i really want to go to the DIY,but this sun i got a wedding invitation...

[d3rRiCk]

hey Isir dun know how to spell your name. pardon mi if i got it wrong. but is the wedding zack sister's ? lolx. have forgotten about it man.

[tknge]

anybody interested in race fairings? wanna MO? http://www.cruciata.com/racing-street-replica-fairings.asp

 

they have models for our bikes..

 

I m interested. Lets see any others.....

[Guest asferi]

what is covered durin da DIY session? Tunin? Carb cleanin?

 

everything....plus washing ur bike n waxing it...

[quikslvr]

hey Isir dun know how to spell your name. pardon mi if i got it wrong. but is the wedding zack sister's ? lolx. have forgotten about it man.

 

its isa la haha..nope its my fren's wedding.when is zack sis? i also forgot..

[quikslvr]

I m interested. Lets see any others.....

 

ok i juz emailed them..so far no reply

[Dos]

Guys, wanna check with you pple.

 

Have anyone collected the T-shirts that was ordered a couple of months back?

[le_mans19]

hi all .......... anyone got or know of anyone who intends to sell single seater for rs 250

[kwyjibo]

I am selling my Braking sintered HH front pair of brake pads for RS250. They have less than 1000km. Selling as I changed my rotors.

Retails at $67 a pair at Ideal. Selling at $74 for both pairs.

 

I am also selling a pair of semi float 298mm Brembo rotors at $244. They have 16000km.

 

Interested please contact me at 82337443, Kaiwei. Thank you.

[d3rRiCk]

dear Dos, we had already collected the polo tee as we had the tee collection gathering with cs. you might wan to check with him if you have not gotten yours.

[kurarensu]

CS! i wana collect my polo t.. when u free can sms me? when u near my area.. bukit batok..

[Redline_Chaser]

CS! i wana collect my polo t.. when u free can sms me? when u near my area.. bukit batok..

 

EH bro pm you dont know ghow to answer meh?.. wait for 3 weeks or something no answer from you leh. Can surf forum reply pm leh.

[Prince_eward]

EH bro pm you dont know ghow to answer meh?.. wait for 3 weeks or something no answer from you leh. Can surf forum reply pm leh.

 

he might be busy with his things and so please give him sometime to reply you...dun post this kind of unwanted things in the forum...PM him else just wait for his reply

[Redline_Chaser]

he might be busy with his things and so please give him sometime to reply you...dun post this kind of unwanted things in the forum...PM him else just wait for his reply

 

 

Um..in just asked him to reply his pm. I already waited for a few week and he can post in forum but cant reply the pm? This is the only way I can post other then pm since i dont have his number. In what way is it unwanted?

[Prince_eward]

if you have pmed him already and he does not want to reply to you then you post in the forum,what difference will it make?

[Redline_Chaser]

if you have pmed him already and he does not want to reply to you then you post in the forum,what difference will it make?

 

Just to get his attention incase he didnt check his pm box?

 

Jeez I didnt know that I cant post on the forum oh great and mighty guardian of the forum. My bad

[kurarensu]

Redline_Chaser: bro i did not receive ur pm. what issit regarding? if it's my bike, it's still under pending case.. will be ready in a week-2wks time as claimed by the shop.. my pipe is ready to buy only the rest still gotta on hold first

[ragnaphobia]

In typical Singaporean fashion, all the talk about reviving the ARC database is turning out to be NATO (No Action, Talk Only). Just a sweet, gentle reminder : the ARC Forum will be shut down for good, and taking all the invaluable DIY and self-help information along with it, by 25 December.

 

Don't ask us what to do. Discuss among yourselves what you want to do, then let us know. Do you want to migrate the database? Or pay us a yearly webhosting fee to keep it running? And if so, who will be the mods, and admin?

 

Come up with a good proposal, and we just might roll with it. Otherwise, it's time to say "Buckle up, Dorothy. Cos Kansas is going bye-bye".

 

 

im willing to take over ARC forums and stuff but i felt that why dont u just a free hosting instead and just buy a domain name? if nobody's doing it then i'll be glad to help u all reconstruct and maintain the site.

[tAiJI]

sori for it..cause i seriously hasn't been online for the past 2 weeks or so..

 

btw metaphor..tat day u msged me..sori i couldn't reply..hp got cut off tat day..

 

anyway..for peeps who ordered their t-shirt..come collect from me..thanx..just give me a call in advance..will be busy workin..

 

i repeat again..those who wan to collect t-shirt..give me a msg first as i will be busy workin..too many roadshows..

[m3taph0r]

sori for it..cause i seriously hasn't been online for the past 2 weeks or so..

 

btw metaphor..tat day u msged me..sori i couldn't reply..hp got cut off tat day..

 

anyway..for peeps who ordered their t-shirt..come collect from me..thanx..just give me a call in advance..will be busy workin..

 

i repeat again..those who wan to collect t-shirt..give me a msg first as i will be busy workin..too many roadshows..

 

any rd shows @ raffles de , i can go there collect from u . .